Seminars in Oncology
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 356-364 , August 2008

Gene Expression With Prognostic Implications in Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia

  • Claudia D. Baldus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology and Oncology, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Claudia D. Baldus, MD, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany.
    • ,
  • Lars Bullinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

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 Supported in part by grants from the Deutsche Krebshilfe (Max Eder Nachwuchsförderung) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG BA 3363/1-1) to CD Baldus, and in part by grants from the Deutsche José Carreras Leukämie Stiftung (DJCLS R05/22), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG BU 1339/2-1), and Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (P32/2004) to L.B.

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2008.04.006

Seminars in Oncology
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 356-364 , August 2008

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